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WOODSTOCK RAILWAY

The Woodstock Railway ran from White River Junction to Woodstock over 13.9 miles of track. It opened in 1875 and closed in April 1933.

White River Jct. c.1920. Woodstock train on the left. Central Vermont train on the right.

Number 2, "Edward H. Williams" was built by Baldwin in 1892.

Number 2 at White River Junction. The "Williams" was scrapped in 1930.

Number 3, "H. G. Porter", was built by Manchester in 1906.

Number 4 was from the Bangor & Aroostook, built by Manchester in 1896. It was sold to the White River in 1933.

The bridge over the Ottaquechee River at Dewey's Mills was 163 feet above the water

Baggage 3 was built by Pullman in 1892 and rebuilt by Wason in Springfield in August 1908.

Combine 5 at Taftsville on July 23, 1935. W. Scott Thomas photo

STRATTON & COMPANY

Stratton & Co. operated four mills in Penacook, N.H. that were the home of two of Woodstock Rwy. locomotives.

Woodstock No. 1 was built by Rhode Island in 1872 and acquired from the Passumpsic RR which had acquired it from the South Eastern Railway.

The "Geo. Stratton" had been the "A. G. Dewey" on the Woodstock.

Photo by Clinton Atkinson at Boscawen, N.H. on December 18, 1933.

Number 1 was built in 1872 but reboilered in 1889.

Number 1 went to Stratton in 1918 and was retired in 1934.

When No.1 was retired in 1934, Stratton purchased Woodstock No.3 and operated it until 1951.

WEST RIVER RAILROAD

The 36 mile road between Brattleboro and South Londonderry opened in 1880 as a 3-foot gauge line leased to the Central Vermont. Originally the Brattleboro and Whitehall, it was renamed and standard gauged in 1905. The lease by the Central Vermont was terminated in 1930 and the road closed after about six years of local control.

Brattleboro & Whitehall No. 2 was a 3-foot gauge locomotive.

Brattleboro & Whitehall Number 3 was a 3-foot gauge locomotive.

Number 33 was a Central Vermont locomotive. Shown at Londonderry.

Number 1 was used from about 1934 to 1936.

The gas car is at North Brattleboro on June 12, 1938. Thought to have come from the Lehigh Valley RR.

The combine was photographed at Brattleboro on June 12, 1938.

WHITE RIVER RAILROAD

Coaches serving as farm sheds in 1937.

BRISTOL RAILROAD

The Bristol Railroad ran from Bristol to a Rutland interchange at New Haven Jct., a distance of 6 miles. It opened in 1891 and closed in 1930.

Number 1 was built by Rhode Island in 1891 and probably lasted until the line closed in 1930. Shown at New Haven in July 1929.

Number 1 at New Haven Jct.

Number 1 at the Bristol Depot.

Number 1 with a mixed train on a Tuck Postcard printed in Germany.

Number 1 at New Haven Jct. in 1916

Number 11 was the only other steam locomotive. It was purchased in 1922. Shown at Bristol in September 1926.

CLARENDON & PITTSFORD

The Clarendon & Pittsford ran for 14 miles from Rutland to Proctor and Hollister with a 5 mile branch from Rutland to Albertson and a 2 mile branch to the Florentine Quarry. Marble was its main source of traffic.